Crafty Blogs to Explore - 27th Edition

During this time of year, even our crafty bloggers are busy offline... However, there are still some posts of interest worth sharing:

• Crafty Princess Diaries - It's time to get organized for 2009! The Crafty Princess talks about her own battle with the clutter bug.

• Cross Stitch at About.com - Make some stitching resolutions for the coming year using these ideas from Connie G. Barwick to get you started.

• Layers Upon Layers - Come and drool over the multi-layered collages of Melinda Asztalos.

• Aileen's Musings - Aileen has a great blog giveaway going on. Stop by and answer a question and maybe you'll be a lucky winner of an issue of an Altered Arts Magazine!

• Cathie Filian - Spring brides are getting busy planning all the details of their big day and Cathie Filian has an easy tutorial on making wedding favors.

• Craftside- A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world - The last week of 2008 at Craftside brings you a mixed media polymer clay design, a sneak peek into the upcoming book Paper Puppet Palooza with a fun egg and bird moving card and a melting Tyvek technique. Happy New Year Crafting!

• Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery - Jackalopes are real and they love being the motif du jour on a needle felted pillow made from recycled wool felted sweaters.

• The Impatient Crafter - Need some solid advice about how to do what you love and make money? Madge shares some old advice for a new year.

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